Passenger vehicle



Oct. 16', 1923. v1,471,151

. S GAGE PASSENGER VEHICLE Filed Dec. 27. 1920 "Patentes sa. 16, 19231 L sAMUnL GAGE, ongrioLLoWAY, Lennon; nNGLANDQAssIsr-Toa 'ro'IrinaY''.toiy'nors Enten OMNIBUS'COMPANY, i;rlifr`1mn13,f01gynRoAnwar, WESTMINSKTERENGLAND.

jrassnnsnavnnionn A vapplicbien'inea-neeniberagisse.'serieu no,-fiaa,oa5 Y Way, London," England, have invented cer,-` tain newand `useful":Improvements infrPas sengervehicles, of 'which the followingfisa specification;

`- rl`jhis invention isforlimprovements infor' Y i relating to `passenger vehielesfof theftypei'in 1U TWhicht passengers arejcarriedinside,` and fon the roof of', thel body,v and in which l a plate:

form outside one end of the body and 'stairl case extending therefrom', also outside'` the body, yto the roof 'thereof are provided@'f i5 Manyconstructions of omnibus arefinclude'd in* this typeV ofv vehicle, 'and the invention l is particularly applicable to vomnilouses.,4 Th'ej` invention'hasfforone of its vobjects to pro--4V vide a construction of'veliilevhieh shall be :20 both' strong andlight, ther requisit y being given to theaforesaidplatformfand staircase Withoutimposing severe' rstresses]v Y upon the bodyof the vehicle rv'and Vconsequently Without necessitating a-heavy 0011-;

25 struction of the latter. A f

In building jomnibuses it is convenient to construct the staircase andplatform asseparate units or entities from thebody ofthe omnibus, if `when this is done the `chassis of body, as has been the/.case in some previous `constructions, andy the platform and staircaseare left to be entirely Supported from Ythe end'of the body, ythe body has to -be stiiiened and strengthened.Withratherheavy Vmetal plates Vbesides having to be generally of Vheavier construction than Would other-V wise be necessary. Infthe arrangement according to the present invention,`fhowever,

49 the chassis is'inthe kno-Wn manner extended beyond the rear of the body'and receives the platform and staircase, supporting their- The platform and staircase, ofl course, are anchoredY to the rear of the body; Y,but'the latter does not'isupport `theirweight Weight.

and consequently, being; relieved ofV these 'f Stresses, can lbe madelighter in construction than heretofore. f

ForV a more completev understanding of 5 the invention there will now Vbe'described, by Way of exampleon'ly and with-reference to the "accompanying drawings, one con-A structional form kof oninibusa-ecording to the 1 invention. It is to be understood, however,`

' VBe it known. that I,v Sniuunn Gaan, Qsubj of" the King of England, residing atl-10110` efsupport Q Ythe vehicle only extends to the rearfof the terial` to lessen vibration. Y Y

thatthe isfnot limited` to the `pire-vy Vendof an omnibus; g `I iigureff 11s.. jan'underplan ofthe parts shown in Eigure'l; ,f '1i' i PATE l l d as. oise eQnstr'uot-ional,detailsset forth. Lv@ -v Figure' y1 fis [a sides elevationA ofthe -f'rearr than-that ofFigures'l. and 2,'"a`nd Figure f3', but on 'a,Ascalelargerthan that yofthisligure.y n ,1 rj s, Y Llkereference'numeralsindlcate llke parts throughout the drawings.y y, ,Y

The, lvehicle .illustrated comprisesflan en-` closedbody lOand'a roofor;A upper deck 1l j This slatted platformjlf" is shown as being"r provided'with two barslt `and l5 onL its` `under side Which are secured by bolts, coach screws,:or*other suitable meansl tosuitable .transyerse membersl kand 18 on the kunder 'n part of the body of *thevehiclei This con` nection supports the rplatform andstaircase to a certain extentfand alsoassiststo rctain theminoorrect position, but the main c `supportfortheA Weight of the platform and staircase is' constituted bythe chassis longij tudiljlalsfl and Q'Oivhich, aswvill be clearly beyond the rear-of the body l'and underneath vtherp'latform l2', The latter is secured to the longitudinals 19and20 by bolts orscrews 2l and metal straps 22. The longitudinale 19 and 2O maybe secured either, yas illustrated, directly tof; the platform '12, or they may reach under the'bars 14 and l5 and bev [Figures l'is ,affsect'ifon on lthe line*Hel-Tof secured through them tothe platform.r Bes.` y

tiveen'the longitudinale 19 4,and 2O and the 10o platform there may be `provided asuitable Peckingof felt, rubberkr or other .suitable maf V ,f A metal plate 23y curvedl to form' a of theplatform 12 andthe floor of the body l0, andthe bars lland'l maybestrength- *ened byangle, plates 24 if desired. The stair,-

ease lSIisshOvvn vas resting atitsbo'ttom end 1 aus l ymay beprovided betweenjtheupper surface i `105i:

seen froman'inspection of Figure, extend ,9,0

' on the platform and attached at itsupper end to the roof structure of the omnibus, and

kthe platform-'earries a vertical pillar y25 vdividingitinto two portions, Yoneto serve s Y theist-airease and the other to servethe inte- V"rior-of:the;omnibus. Astepff26"intermediate of thei platform 12pan-dfthefgroundiis shown in Vchain lines inFigures 1 and 2, together l with its Supports 27 whereby it'is-se'e'ured tothe platform. The bars 14C and 15.- may have lightening recesses '28r andthe' AVVanglel` v platesy .24 "lightening holes 29.'

From the foregoing itfwillfbe Vappresiated 'f that therev Vis provided *according tof-'the platform and l v thoroughly eiioiert"m'zn'iner,` v .Y y

- What I `claim as myinveiitionlantl"desire present invention aooii'struetion of yehiele which i is strong :and liglftv andvv 1n ,which lvthe AStaircase are supported in a' ffl. In fa double-"detlrrnotordriven'mnibus, s

the Combination "of an "en'lose'd :body Vconstituting-'the' loweri'deek and haYillg.. a. dQorQ openingin the rear end thereof, ianl upper-V L rdeck: terminating at itsrelar"'eiid substantialf ly Withthe rear en'dfofj'saidbody, asea'tless platform" distinct from situated .Outside therear end ofsaidbotly and 'affordingtl'ie means of ingress'to j'andfofegress .from the body 'through sai'dV` doore'opening," ai Vstaircase having its lowerfend -iattached 4to saidfplat form 4andj'efdentlin-g therefrom outside the bottoni-- 'or Vsa I body-andthe 'sadrupp'e-r-deek, a chassis Yhiaw-` `ing `fmainf1onitudinals which" support ythe body and have `rear portions that extend vbeyond the rear end ofthe body yon' Whichrearfportions theplatform .is seated,

wherebyits Weight anfdlthe'weight of the Y f staircase is borne by the same, and platforml' bars secured at their one end direotlyto the underside of thebottom: of ,saidbo'dygwyliieh 7 bars extend under .and lare attached to the platform forV securing thel latter and' the bott'om 'of the staircase in Correct position in relationltovthevbody, substantially as described.V v

, f2. in a double-Vdeekomnibus, a .pair of 4longitudi,nally .extending spaced chassis 'rneiribe'rs,` yan f ernclosefd I,body carried -by said nie'mbersand having a door-opening; in the rear fend thereof., said Y body terminating short of the rearjendofsaid Imembers,a

seatless platform to 'the' reark of ,said'bodyu and supported on said -members and afford,-

ngthe 'means ofingresgrtoand offlegress from the Vbody through .said jdoorflopening, supplemental platform members Seeure'd at their lfront QDS to the .underside `of said bodyT and ,extending under and serving as yadditional supportsffor *said platform,4 said be'dyy haviiig a lpassenger-carrying. roof f 1 l 'SAMUELGAGE 

